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10 August 2016

Unholy Secrets: The Legal Loophole That Allows Clergy To Hide Child Sexual Abuse

It was 2008, and Rebecca Mayeux was living a nightmare. Just 14 years old at the time, she was being sexually harassed and abused by a member of her church, 64-year-old George Charlet Jr. According to Mayeux*, Charlet bombarded her with emails “laced with seductive nuances” over the course of a summer, slowly escalating his inappropriate advances before ultimately kissing and fondling her.